Fitz Hugh Ludlow's autobiographical work The Hasheesh Eater contains Ludlow's experiences with hashish. First published in 1857. Excerpt from the 1843 Dispensatory of the USA, Entry on Cannabis, Excerpt from The Chemistry of Common Life, Chapter on Narcotics, the essay The Apocalypse of Hasheesh by Fitz Hugh Ludlow, the essay that inspired The Hasheesh Eater by Anonymous, and two essays Ludlow wrote on What Shall They Do to be Saved , and Outlines of the Opium Cure.
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as “Fitzhugh Ludlow,” was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best-known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857).